Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Engaging with state-owned firms is challenging and potentially less effective, Carbon Tracker warns. Investors that have set net zero targets for their portfolios have been cautioned to carefully evaluate their positions in majority state-owned oil and gas laggards.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

C, and investee companies are not yet facing full scrutiny of their net zero transition strategies, posing challenges for institutional investors committed to decarbonising their portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement. Others might set a target for some or all portfolio companies to be net zero aligned by 2030.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

“Our long-term return will depend on how the companies in our portfolio manage the transition to a zero emissions society.” . The fund will be engaging with all portfolio companies and asking for science-based short-term, medium-term and 2050 net zero targets.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

New report released amid climate votes at AGMs, finds overreliance on unproven technology and divestment risk. Oil and gas firms’ energy transition plans are gambling on the unproven capabilities of technologies like carbon capture and hydrogen power, according to a report by climate and financial markets think tank Carbon Tracker.

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